The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-07

Georgia regiment will celebrate the ami
versary of the first battle of Manassas
Powder Springs has been named as the rem
devious, and it is expected that this years
reunion will be one of particular interest
The Seventh Georgia was the regiment
which Gen. Gnrtrell took out from Atlanta,
| two companies, Is and K being raised III
| Atlanta. The Seventh and Eighth regi-
mcnts were the only regiments from this
State which took part in the famous battle
/ which this reunion commentaries. The
late Mai J. f. Kiscr was Major of this regi-
nent, and at each reunion his picture, the
property of the regiment, occupies promi-
nent place.
| On Aug. the annual convention of the
| Georgia State Agricultural Association will
| be held at Canton, and the speakers have
| been selected as follows: DR. i. G. Mattox,
| Clinch county, 1.-THE Improvement of Worn
Out Soils Maj. C. II. Smith, (Bill Arp,
of Gainesville, Farm and Fireside;p Il. j.
Quinn, Conyers, and Hon. K. l.. Berner
Forsyth, subjects not announced; Hon. w.
{. Glenn, Dalton. Claw in its Relations to
Progress DR.. w l.. Jones, Athens, "Ex
poriments on the University Farm" DIR. j.
A. Cook, Veterinary Surgeon, Atlanta;
Diseases Destructive TO Domestic Ami
mals;' Gov. Gordon and Senator Brown
will both be present, but decline TO promise
to deliver addresses.
A colored woman was eaten by buzzards
in Glynn county this week. Her name was
Lydia Crawford. She was rather weak in
the upper story and had no home, and in
fact no kindred except a sister. She was
last seen about week ago, until her re-
mains were found Sunday in a dry pond, all
eaten by bu2zards her bones and clothing
being all that was left She was identi-
fed by the latter. How she came
to her death is not known. 1t is presumed,
however, that she died of a fit of some kind.
The colored people in the neighborhood sat
up all night near the remains, but left the
next morning early, her sister with the rest.
An inquest was held by officer Pennick, but
nothing could be ELECTED further. 1.-The
church, took charge Of her remains and
buried them.
The Bank of Americas has declared its
regular semi-annual dividend of 81 per
share and that amount was placed TO the
credit of its stockholders payable on de-
mand The gross profits of the bank since
Jan. /. 1887, are S26, 500, so after paying the
large dividends of q per cent. the surplus ac-
count is also very largely increased. The
pride of the stockholders Of this old and flour
ishing bank is its large and increasing
surplus. The capital stock and surplus now
amounts to over one-quarter of million
dollars The bank has loaned out over four
hundred thousand dollars. With this stock
paying S12 per share per annum and with
the good business patronage 1t now enjoys
it can well be understood how it is that none
of the stock can be bought for less than
$50 per share.
Among the early settlers of Wilcox coun-
ty was a man by the name of Willis, who
lived on the Allapaha river, some thirteen
miles from Abbcville. One day he left his
family, which consisted of wife, daughter
and grandchild, to go to the river to hunt
hogs 1t was late in the evening before
he started home When he came within
short distance of home he heard
his family screaming and knew that the in
dians We're there. Being unarmed and
afraid to go home, he remained in the woods
all night. The next morning he went up to
the house to find that the savages had muir
dered his wife and daughter and had taken
the child by the heels and bursted its brains
out against a tree. 1t was useless to seek
redress, and the Indians were allowed to eS-
cape unmolested.
Mr.. Monroe, who is compiling a complete
roster of all the Georgia troops in the Con
federate army from the records in the War
Department at Washington, has sent Adit.
Gen. Kell list of all the Georgians who
held the rank of brigadier and major-ge
eral in the late war. There is one major
general, but quite number of brigadiers.
The list is as follows: Major General, ID. L.
Twiggs; Brigadier Generals, w r. Boggs,
ID. r. JONES' II. L. Benning, A. R. Lawton
Goode Bryan, Lafayette McLaws, Howell
Cobb, John K. jackson, Alfred Cumming,
H. w. Mercer, A. II. Colquitt, NJ A. StO-
vail, T. r. r. Cobb, +. L. Thomas, James
Deshler, w. D. Smith, p NJ; B. Young, G.
I. Anderson, George poles, P. J. Semmes,
G. r. Anderson, w. II. T. Walker, w. NJ.
Gardner, A. r. Wright, w. j. Hardee,
Joseph Wheeler, H. K. Jackson, w. T.
Wofford, c. c. Wilson.
William Holman, the Dalton murderer,
who was indicted, tried, convicted and SEN
fenced TO be hanged for the murder of Ma
tilda Gudger, win in all probability suffer
the death penalty on Friday next. He was
sentenced to he hanged on Thursday, June
., but certain facts coming to the knowledge
of the Governor, he, on June Z, on his own
motion, granted a respite until June 8. and
there is little if any doubt that the
sentence of the court will on that
day be executed. Holman is young
man of good family, which fact has called
forth more than ordinary sympathy for
him, but the prevailing opinion in WHIT
field county seems to be that he merits the
punishment Governor Gordon has given no
indication that he intends to interfere any
further in the case He received not long
since letter from Holman, in which the
latter thanked him most earnestly for
granting him the respite, thus giving him
time to prepare for death.
A. Otto an old man who runs small
bakery on upper Broad street, Augusta,
while in the rear of his house Tuesday dis
covered that some one was in the room Just
back of his store. Going forward TO see who
il was, he found young buXom negro,
about Is years old, in the bedroom and two
Others of the same size in the store Taking
the negro who was in the room by the col
lar, he commenced TO move forward toward
the door, so as to call policeman At this
moment the other two scamps cried out
SLAP himl slap himl" which the negro
proceeded to do, giving the old man
blow after blow about the head and face.
This treatment caused him 10 almost faint
and TO fall upon the floor. While this was
going on the other two ran behind the coun-
ter and robbed the cash drawer of its CON
| tents; then making a break for the door
they disappeared. No one being in the
house, succor from that quarter was inn
possible, and, as it SO happened, no one
| passed by the store at the time Immediate
search has been and is still being made for
the robbers, but so far no clue has been OBJ
| tanned.
At McDonough Tuesday morning two
negroes, Carr Tomlinson and Hood Council
fell out and created quite disturbance in
| the suburbs of the town. and II resulted in
| Council shooting at Tomlinson twice, but he
| did not succeed III hitting him. Tomlinsor
| proceeded TO the nearest justice and pro
| cured warrant for him for shooting with
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